HomeMy WebLinkAboutRead Aloud Book Gr. 2-Lesson 18Have you ever gotten a bad cut? I was over at my friend Josh’s house one day.
We were in-line skating in his driveway. Josh’s older brother Alan was hanging
out with us while their mom was at the store. We played a game called obstacle
course. Josh and I drew a course with chalk and took turns racing around it. I
had just fi nished my turn and was looking back at Josh when he fell.
“I’m OK!” he said, jumping back up. But I could see that his knee was
bleeding. He had gotten a wound from the fall. Alan rushed over to look at
Josh’s cut.
“I think we should go get your mom,” I said. Then I remembered that his
mom was not there. I looked at Alan.
Alan could tell I was nervous, so he calmly said, “I know what to do. Don’t
worry. We’ll take care of it together.”
Then Alan showed us what to do when someone gets injured.
To treat an injury, fi rst you must decide if the condition of the person you
are trying to help is serious. It is always best to tell an adult when someone
gets hurt. If someone is bleeding a lot, you should call 9-1-1. The operator will
send an ambulance right away to take the injured person to the hospital. Or if
the bleeding is not too serious, you can give treatment yourself.
To treat a minor cut, you should fi rst press down on it lightly with a clean
cloth. This will help stop the bleeding. Next, you should wash the wound with a
gentle soap. This will help keep germs out of the wound so it can heal faster.
Then you should put an antibiotic ointment on the wound. Medicine in the
ointment kills any germs in the wound. Finally, you should cover the wound
with a bandage. The bandage protects the skin while it heals. Soon the skin will
heal and be as good as new.
When Josh’s mom came home from the store, we told her what we did to fi x
the wound. She lifted the bandage and took a peek.
“It looks as if you boys did a great job!” she said.
You should always take precautions to avoid getting hurt. Wear protective
gear when you are doing something that might cause an injury. That means
always wearing a helmet and pads when you bike or skate.
COMPREHENSION What can a friend do to help another friend who is
hurt? Which words help you understand how to stay safe?
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Many years ago, a boy named Peter lived in a town called Haarlem. The
town of Haarlem was in a country called Holland, which lay beside the stormy
North Sea.
Holland was a low, fl at country. Some parts of the country were even lower
than the sea. So the people of Holland built huge walls out of the earth. These
walls were called dikes. They kept the land dry so that people could build
homes and grow crops.
One day Peter asked his father if he could take dinner to an old woman in
town who was sick. “Yes,” his father said, “as long you promise to be back
before dark.” So Peter set out right away. He followed a path that ran along the
base of a dike. He visited the sick old woman and gave her food and comfort.
By the time Peter started home, it was already getting dark and the wind was
blowing. He knew he had to hurry, so he walked quickly along the path beneath
the dike. Peter could hardly see the path. He began to feel afraid. He imagined
terrible monsters were chasing him. Then he heard something really scary.
He heard the sound of water trickling through the dike. He followed the
sound to a hole in the dike. Only a thin stream of water fl owed through the
hole, but he knew that the stormy sea was high above him on the other side of
that huge earth wall. The stormy sea would make the hole bigger. More water
would come through and the hole would get bigger still. The hole would keep
getting bigger until the dike came crashing down, fl ooding the whole town.
Peter ran over and stuck his fi nger in the hole, and the water stopped.
Peter cried for help, but no one was near. Soon his fi nger began to ache. He
called again, but no one came. His fi nger quickly became sore and started to
swell. Still, no one came. Peter suffered for hours, holding his fi nger in the dike.
Finally, his father found him. Peter was so tired and hungry that he thought he
might faint.
Peter’s father saw the hole. He told people from the town, and they came to
help fi x the dike. It took Peter three days to recover from his adventure. When
he was better, the people of Haarlem threw a party in his honor. He had saved
the town!
COMPREHENSION How does Peter make a difference in his community?
Which words help you understand the pain Peter felt that night?
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